When You Ain’t Got Nothin

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Chasing my thirst into the

desert at night,

Otis Redding was right….

“You don’t miss the water till the well runs dry”

 

And marrying the wrong woman

for the second time,

Smokey Robinson was right….

“You better shop around”

 

Writing my pen empty with the

same old words,

Cat Stevens was right….

“The first cut truly is the deepest”

 

And living in Macon because

I thought it was safe,

Charlie Daniels was right….

   “The devil did come down to Georgia”

 

Losing my religion only to

seek God again,

Robert Plant was right….

“You can’t buy a stairway to heaven”

 

And when I’m alone and desperate and have

   nowhere left to turn,

Bob Dylan was the most righteous of all….

“When you ain’t got nothin, you got nothin to lose”

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)

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Published by Kurt Philip Behm

I am a lifelong author with 21 books published to date—one best seller. Much of my writing is about the deception of time and its many disguises. My Poetry 'An Anthology Of Perception,' is now available in four volumes. In addition I have a 175 page Poem 'After Midnight,' that was published in 2014. My Historical Fiction series, 'The Sword Of Ichiban' is now up to volume 8 which is being published this Spring ... Vol #1- The Sword Of Ichiban Vol #2- Darkening Sun Vol #3- Revenge Along The War Trail Vol #4- Death From The Sky Vol #5- Jumping Into the Darkness Vol #6- The Fall City Mandate. Vol #7- Approaching Storm Vol #8- Brothers In Blood One autobiographical novel, 'The Death Of The Playground' a Best Seller, published in 2007. One travel novel, 'Searching For Crazy Horse,' published in 2005, recapping my forty years of motorcycle touring in the American Rocky Mountain West. I have written one Children's Book, 'Sammy & Bumpers' that was published in 2016. All of my books are available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and better Book Stores world wide. Kurt Philip Behm

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